Sideshow 1/6 C-3PO

[FlyAndFight]

Here's a quick pic of mine. You can make out how it looks like another finger and not an opposable thumb...

All it needed really was to have been turned inwards some more.

Outside of that, it is a fantastic figure. I've been quite happy with it, for all of these years.

 

[shadow_wolf]

Here's a quick pic of mine. You can make out how it looks like another finger and not an opposable thumb...

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All it needed really was to have been turned inwards some more.

Outside of that, it is a fantastic figure. I've been quite happy with it, for all of these years.

Chewie has assembled 3PO incorrectly again

 

[MGS_OldBoy57]

I would say this figure is definitely the most fragile figure I own, even arrived broken but definitely a must have. I’m really hoping HT does a diecast version.

 

[shadow_wolf]

I would say this figure is definitely the most fragile figure I own, even arrived broken but definitely a must have. I’m really hoping HT does a diecast version.

Which part broke?

 

[Joe Prince]

I have been looking at this figure. I like it but does the head seem a bit off?

 

[dukefett]

Here's a quick pic of mine. You can make out how it looks like another finger and not an opposable thumb...

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All it needed really was to have been turned inwards some more.

Outside of that, it is a fantastic figure. I've been quite happy with it, for all of these years.

Thanks, that's how mine looks. I guess there was no easy fix for this. I don't notice it for how it's posed most of the time though, so not the worst thing.

I have been looking at this figure. I like it but does the head seem a bit off?

I think it looks great in hand. I wouldn't upgrade for a Hot Toys version unless it's like an ESB version that can be fully disassembled for Chewie.

 

[xipotec]

I love mine as well. I have the same Fthumb issues.

I did lightly “grease” the joints especially the ones with the rods. (insert joke here)

It made articulating the elbows much easier

Mineral oil lightly used didn't damage anything.

 

[MGS_OldBoy57]

Which part broke?

Pinky finger. Sideshow did send a replacement part quickly. Very painless.

Something worth noting as well: it’s very easy to pull the collar off with the head which can break the two rods that hold the collar to the chest.

 

[chrisstbh]

Got this in today, looks like C-3PO alright. Don't like the character but feel like I can't have R2 without him.

 

[asgardianboy]

Here's a quick pic of mine. You can make out how it looks like another finger and not an opposable thumb...

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All it needed really was to have been turned inwards some more.

Outside of that, it is a fantastic figure. I've been quite happy with it, for all of these years.

Thanks for the picture. I see it now, when comparing with the other picture.
Thumbs now can be articulated inwards. Good.

 

[Lordscum]

SS 3-PO is pretty good but glad I got the Tamashi 3-po on clearance from Amazon when I did back in 2013 for less than SS retail.

 

[TaliBane]

I would say this figure is definitely the most fragile figure I own, even arrived broken but definitely a must have. I’m really hoping HT does a diecast version.

The eyes on one of mine have stopped working. It's a problem because this figure doesn't look as good with eyes turned off as the Tamashii version.

I have been looking at this figure. I like it but does the head seem a bit off?

Yeah, the face sculpt is a little off - reminds me of the Don Post mask from the 1970s. There are some minor mods you can do with paint that help the likeness a bit though.

Pinky finger. Sideshow did send a replacement part quickly. Very painless.

Something worth noting as well: it’s very easy to pull the collar off with the head which can break the two rods that hold the collar to the chest.

The way the batteries are swapped in the figure is really bad. It's quite tight to pull off and yet it's in an area where there are some fragile parts. Why they didn't put a metal ring below the neck so the batteries could be in his "backpack" area I have no idea.

 

[MGS_OldBoy57]

The eyes on one of mine have stopped working. It's a problem because this figure doesn't look as good with eyes turned off as the Tamashii version.

Yeah, the face sculpt is a little off - reminds me of the Don Post mask from the 1970s. There are some minor mods you can do with paint that help the likeness a bit though.

The way the batteries are swapped in the figure is really bad. It's quite tight to pull off and yet it's in an area where there are some fragile parts. Why they didn't put a metal ring below the neck so the batteries could be in his "backpack" area I have no idea.

I 100% agree. The batteries should have been in a backpack compartment. Pulling on the head makes me so nervous.

 

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[Asta]

 

[generalgrevious]

brought this thread back from the dead. i bought the exclusive version cheap off ebay for 154. i had an old medicom threepo and put those hands on the sideshow looks more in scale then the stock hands and those crazy thumbs. i mean it was a cool idea just did turn out right in production. i will get the hot toys at some point sold my tamashii a few years ago and i needed a 3po so i settled for this right now since this is the ANH version that started the 3po love hate relationship lol

 

[Felinx]

I always loved the body sculpt on this fig, and also that the gold color was very close to the ESB 3PO finish, but hated the facesculpt and the hands. I repainted a HT 3PO head to match the SSC paint and then used the SSC hand plates but glued to HT hands also painted to match the SSC

While I really like the look now, matching the gold color and reflective finish was unbelievably difficult. It also had to be done in a way that the faceplate could still be popped off to switch on the lights (the paint and clearcoat tended to "glue" the faceplate on), and also be durable enough for frequent finger contact to switch on the eyes.

I donated the unused SSC 3PO head to my Ugnaught. Just need to cut/glue the pipes and hoses for the base and also do the blast damage on the K-3PO.

 

[generalgrevious]

i just bought the aotc extra 3po head sculpt to try and repaint it does it fit good on the ssc threepo body? the hands i don`t mind i like the concept of the idea of movable fingers it`s different

 

[Felinx]

It's not even close to the right thickness - search shampoo and hand soap bottle screw necks (top 1/2" above the thread.) I find those types of plastic are prefect for paint adherence and they have approximately the right int/ext diameters. It has to sleeve onto the HT neck and then snugly fit into the SSC neck cavity. I found one that was close but it still needed some light sanding to get it to fit. That part is a bit of a pain but you end up with a more accurate neck diameter that what HT produced.

 

[generalgrevious]

show me a photo of what it looks like so i can see if i have something to that matter around the house